The Latest Breaking News from the Colorado River Basin

A ghost town disappeared beneath 60 feet of water after Hoover Dam was built; Lake Mead’s decline is bringing it back to life

A submerged ghost town named St. Thomas is reappearing as Lake Mead's water levels drop. This former Mormon settlement was flooded after the Hoover Dam's construction decades ago. Visitors can now walk through the revealed streets and building foundations of the old community. The town's reappearance highlights the severe drought…

The Economic Times · Aug 10

As Lake Mead's water vanished after years of drought, human bodies, abandoned boats and decades-old mysteries began emerging from the lakebed

America's largest reservoir, Lake Mead, has become the unlikely centre of one of the most extraordinary discoveries in recent US history. As years of relentless drought caused water levels to plunge to record lows, the shrinking shoreline began revealing secrets that had remained hidden beneath the surface for decades. Human…

The Times of India · Jul 27

Lake Mead nearing ‘system crash’ as experts warn a ‘world of hurt’ could be coming for some states

The warning follows another unusually dry winter in the Colorado River Basin, which supplies water to about 40 million people across seven Western states

The Independent UK · Jun 9